As of January 2022, the median number of years (tenure) that wage and salary workers had been with their current employer was 4.1 years in the United States. This is the same as in 2020 when the median tenure was also 4.1 years. Employee tenure is a measure of how long wage and salary workers have been with their current employer. Data on employee tenure can be used as a gauge of employment security, where an increase in tenure means improving security, and a decrease in tenure shows deteriorating security.
Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States from 2010 to 2022
The term employee tenure is used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to describe the amount of time wage and salary workers have been with their current employer.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 22, 2022). Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States from 2010 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174504/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States from 2010 to 2022." Chart. September 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174504/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States from 2010 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174504/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Years of Tenure with Current Employer for Employed Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 2010 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174504/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States from 2010 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174504/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States from 2010 to 2022 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174504/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure/
